Shloka 29
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
नारद उवाच । जलस्य दैवतं ब्रूहि तर्पणस्य विधिं मयि । यथा जानामि देवेश तत्वतो वक्तुमर्हसि
nārada uvāca | jalasya daivataṃ brūhi tarpaṇasya vidhiṃ mayi | yathā jānāmi deveśa tatvato vaktumarhasi
নাৰদে ক’লে: “জলৰ অধিষ্ঠাতা দেৱতাক কওক আৰু মোক তৰ্পণৰ বিধি শিকাওক। হে দেৱেশ, যাতে মই ইয়াক তত্ত্বৰূপে সঠিককৈ জানিব পাৰোঁ—যথাৰ্থ ৰূপে বৰ্ণনা কৰিবলৈ অনুগ্ৰহ কৰক।”
Nārada
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: देवेश = देव-ईश (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) with vocative; तत्त्वतो = तत्त्वतः (visarga before voiced consonant often written without ḥ in IAST contexts).
FAQs
Nārada asks for the tarpaṇa-vidhi—the correct ritual method of offering water-libations, traditionally performed to honor deities and ancestors according to prescribed rules.
It implies that water is not treated as inert matter; it is approached as sacred and governed by a presiding divine principle (devatā), which must be understood to perform rites properly.
It models humility and precision in dharma: seeking instruction from an authoritative source and asking for the underlying truth (tattvataḥ), not merely external procedure.